What the papers say: Thursday's front pages
Further tragedy on Irish roads and charges against Jeffrey Donaldson are among the headlines in Thursday's papers.
The Irish Times reveals former soldiers of the elite Army Ranger Wing have resumed military training operations in Libya.
The Irish Examiner leads with calls for more penalty points to be given to drivers as two more people are killed in separate collisions on Wednesday.
The Echo leads with the death of a man in a collision in Cork as he became the 11th person to die on the road in Cork this year.
The Irish Independent leads with a report from the Irish Dental Association that reveals over 100,000 children were denied the school dental check-up in 2023.
The Irish Daily Mail leads with warnings to Government ministers over comments made in relation to overspending by Departments.
The Irish Daily Mirror leads with former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson and his wife charged with historical sexual offences.
The Irish Daily Star reveals nets designed to keep drugs out of prisons have fallen down in three locations in Dublin.
British papers
Labour’s promise to take control of the rail network has taken the lead on Thursday, alongside a number of images of the bolting horses from the Household Cavalry.
The Daily Mirror, The Guardian, Metro and the i all focus on Labour’s vow to return the rail network to public ownership within five years if elected.
MIRROR: Labour: We’ll nationalise rail in five years #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/LLAiinTLWN
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
THE GUARDIAN: Labour pledges to nationalise rail network within five years #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/nPkZ9Ui7oy
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
METRO: End of line for failing train firms #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/6lE2e1YHNg
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
I: Revealed: Labour’s plan to nationalise UK railways #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/864vQ3C9t9
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Daily Telegraph splashes with Labour’s refusal to match the Conservative Party’s defence spend.
TELEGRAPH: Starmer refuses to match PM’s defence budget #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/yiDnL0dDTy
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Independent has run with a slightly different defence angle, as Rishi Sunak challenges the European Union to up spending to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin.
INDEPENDENT: Sabre rattling Sunak #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/iqCVEPMcfn
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Financial Times looks to international news, with a piece on Brussels and its dawn raid on a Chinese security supplier in a move that may stoke trade tensions.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 25 April https://t.co/Qf10w0IyLm pic.twitter.com/9zqkeiyNc3
— Financial Times (@FT) April 24, 2024
The Times shifts its focus back to the UK, with a piece that claims underage drinking in England is among the worst in the world.
THE TIMES: England worst in world for underage drinking #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SEnmUQZOAU
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Daily Express reports on a stabbing at a Welsh school.
MIRROR: Horror in the playground #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/FOsEo7LExv
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Sun opts for a piece on the death of Princess Beatrice’s ex-boyfriend, who appears to have died in drug-related circumstances.
THE SUN: Beatrice ex in drug death #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/I8cG2yvkt5
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
And the Daily Star leads with an expert who reckons the full English breakfast may turn Britons into “insomniac zombies”.
STAR: Greasy fry ups will turn us into ZOMBIES #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/jlbjPZMhvV
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
